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This website offers suggestions on how to use the Spanish language in a more inclusive way and provides suggestions for how to use gender-neutral forms. Our purpose in providing these options is not to dictate rules or determine how people should identify themselves, but rather to enable students and instructors of Spanish to express their identities through more inclusive language, even though such a system does not yet exist in the standard language. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The non-binary language system adopted here only applies to people, not to inanimate objects or animals. The masculine\/feminine forms for objects and animals remain the same. For example, the sentence \u201cEsta es nuestra casa.<\/em>\u201d does not change. In addition, words used to refer to people that do not mark gender also remain the same, such as \u201cYo<\/em><\/strong> estoy <\/em>triste<\/em><\/strong>.<\/em>\u201d \u201cMis<\/em><\/strong> <\/em>estudiantes<\/em><\/strong> son <\/em>inteligentes<\/em><\/strong>.<\/em>\u201d, \u201cT\u00fa<\/em><\/strong> <\/em>le<\/em><\/strong> diste el regalo\u201d<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since there is no accepted standard yet, different speakers may choose to use different gender-neutral forms (See https:\/\/nonbinary.wiki\/wiki\/Gender_neutral_language_in_Spanish<\/a>) and these forms may continue to evolve over time, but the suggested endings in the following table are based on the neutral -e ending. For further details on neutral forms, see Roc\u00edo G\u00f3mez\u00b4s \u00a8Peque\u00f1o manifiesto sobre el g\u00e9nero neutro en castellano\u00a8 (2016) https:\/\/linguaultrafinitio.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/04\/pequec3b1o-manifiesto-sobre-el-gc3a9nero-neutro-en-castellano.pdf<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The use of non-binary forms takes time and practice, especially for people who are accustomed to using the binary system, such as native-speakers, teachers and advanced language learners of Spanish. Mistakes will certainly be made, so it is important that students and teachers be understanding and help each other in what is a process of learning for all of us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Resumen de formas gramaticales masculinas, femininas y neutras<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/th>Masculino<\/th>Feminino<\/th>Neutro<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
I. PRONOMBRES PERSONALES (PERSONAL PRONOUNS)<\/strong> <\/td><\/tr>
Pronombres de sujeto <\/strong> 
(Subject pronouns)<\/strong> <\/td>		\u00e9l ellos nosotros vosotros <\/td>ella ellas nosotras vosotras <\/td>elle elles nosotres vosotres <\/td><\/tr>
Pronombres de objeto directo en 3\u00aa persona (3rd person directo object pronouns)<\/strong> <\/td>lo  <\/td>la  <\/td>le 
  <\/td><\/tr>
II. DETERMINANTES (DETERMINERS)<\/strong> <\/td><\/tr>
Art\u00edculos definidos (Definite articles)<\/strong> <\/td>el, los <\/td>la, las <\/td>le, les <\/td><\/tr>
Art\u00edculos indefinidos (Indefinite articles)<\/strong> <\/td>un, unos <\/td>una, unas <\/td>une, unes <\/td><\/tr>
Posesivos \u00e1tonos (Unstressed possessives)<\/strong> <\/td>nuestro, nuestros 
vuestro, vuestros <\/td>		nuestra, nuestras 
vuestra, vuestras <\/td>		nuestre, nuestres 
vuestre, vuestres <\/td><\/tr>
Posesivos t\u00f3nicos (Stressed possessives)<\/strong> <\/td>m\u00edo, m\u00edos tuyo, tuyos suyo, suyos 
nuestro, nuestros 
vuestro, vuestros <\/td>		m\u00eda, m\u00edas tuya, tuyas 
suya, suyas 
nuestra, nuestras 
vuestra, vuestras <\/td>		m\u00ede, m\u00edes  
tuye, tuyes suye, suyes nuestre, nuestres 
vuestre, vuestres <\/td><\/tr>
Demostrativos<\/strong> (Demonstratives)<\/strong> <\/td>este, estos ese, esos 
aquel, aquellos <\/td>		esta, estas esa, esas 
aquella, aquellas <\/td>		este, estes 
ese, eses 
aquelle, aquelles <\/td><\/tr>
III. FLEXIONES DE G\u00caNERO (GENDER ENDINGS)<\/strong> <\/td><\/tr>
Sustantivos y adjetivos<\/strong> terminados en -o y -a<\/strong> 
(Nouns & adjectives ending in -o and -a)<\/strong> 
*Note spelling change<\/strong> <\/td>		ni\u00f1o, ni\u00f1os alto, altos 
chico, chicos 
amigo, amigos 
m\u00e9dico, m\u00e9dicos <\/td>		ni\u00f1a, ni\u00f1as 
alta, altas chica, chicas 
amiga, amigas 
m\u00e9dica, m\u00e9dicas <\/td>		ni\u00f1e, ni\u00f1es 
alte, altes chique, chiques 
amigue, amigues* m\u00e9dique, m\u00e9diques* <\/td><\/tr>
Sustantivos y adjetivos terminados en consonante<\/strong> 
(Nouns & adjectives ending in consonante)<\/strong> <\/td>		profesor, profesores 
espa\u00f1ol, espa\u00f1oles <\/td>		profesora, profesoras 
espa\u00f1ola, espa\u00f1olas <\/td>		profesore, profesores 
espa\u00f1ole, espa\u00f1oles <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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